"The Winter's Tale (opera) The Winter's Tale is an opera in three acts by Ryan Wigglesworth. The libretto is by the composer, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The opera, in a production directed by Rory Kinnear, and conducted by the composer, was premiered at the English National Opera on 27 February 2017. The opera follows the main story of the play, reduced to three acts, and dropping the character Autolycus, and some other well-known features of the play such as Antigonus's stage direction ""Exit, pursued by a bear"". Act I is set in Sicily."
"results. The older Zuckerman, though not pleased, was more philosophical and was able to place the results into a more historical context. The stage direction, ""exit ghost"" appears in three of William Shakespeare's plays: ""Hamlet"", ""Macbeth"" and ""Julius Caesar"". In a BBC interview, Roth stated that using this direction as a title ""came to me because of ""Macbeth"". Last year in the summer I was going to see a production of ""Macbeth"" here in America, and I re-read the script that afternoon, and I came upon the Banquo scene, ghost scene, and it just leaped out — 'exit ghost' —"
"steal from him. They fight, and she is rescued by the entrance of Bougrelas, who is after Ubu. Ubu knocks down the attackers with the body of the dead bear, after which he and his wife flee to France, which ends the play. The action contains motifs found in the plays of Shakespeare: a king's murder and a scheming wife from ""Macbeth"", the ghost from ""Hamlet"", Fortinbras' revolt from ""Hamlet"", the reneging of Buckingham's reward from ""Richard III"", and the pursuing bear from ""The Winter's Tale"". It also includes other cultural references, for example, to Sophocles' ""Oedipus Rex"" (""Œdipe Roi"""
"The Bear (play) The Bear: A Joke in One Act, or The Boor (, 1888), is a one-act comedic play written by Russian author Anton Chekhov. The play was originally dedicated to Nikolai Nikolaevich Solovtsov, Chekhov's boyhood friend and director/actor who first played the character Smirnov. The play takes place in the drawing room of Elena Ivanovna Popova's estate on the seven-month anniversary of her husband's death. Since her husband died, Popova has locked herself in the house in mourning. Her footman, Luka, begins the play by begging Popova to stop mourning and step outside the estate. She ignores him,"
"Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, whose consistent excellence has become a byword - then now's the time,"" In July 2018, the National Theatre in London put on a production directed by Patrick Marber starring Rhys Ifans in the role of the King. It was met with mixed reviews. Exit the King Exit the King () is an absurdist drama by Eugène Ionesco that premiered in 1962. It is the third in Ionesco's ""Berenger Cycle"", preceded by ""The Killer"" (1958) and ""Rhinocéros"" (1959), and followed by ""A Stroll in the Air"" (1963). In the other plays of the ""Berenger Cycle"", Berenger"
"play at the Lyceum Theatre, London with elaborate Celtic sets for Cymbeline's palace gardens and interior rooms, a Roman banqueting hall for Posthumus's visit to Rome, a handsomely decorated bedchamber for Imogen, and a spectacular dream setting for the descent of Jupiter. Ben Greet at the Old Vic in 1918, on the other hand, chose a simple, Elizabethan approach. ""The Winter's Tale"" poses the challenges of time passing and a bear pursuing Antigonus off stage. In 1976, Trevor Nunn and John Barton cast John Nettles as both Time and the bear. At Stratford-upon-Avon in 1986, Terry Hands used a bearskin"
"The Wild Goose Chase The Wild Goose Chase is a late Jacobean stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher, first performed in 1621. It is often classed among Fletcher's most effective and best-constructed plays; Edmund Gosse called it ""one of the brightest and most coherent of Fletcher's comedies, a play which it is impossible to read and not be in a good humour."" The drama's wit, sparkle, and urbanity anticipated and influenced the Restoration comedy of the later decades of the seventeenth century. The term ""wild-goose chase"" is first documented when used by Shakespeare in the early 1590s, but"
"Exit the King Exit the King () is an absurdist drama by Eugène Ionesco that premiered in 1962. It is the third in Ionesco's ""Berenger Cycle"", preceded by ""The Killer"" (1958) and ""Rhinocéros"" (1959), and followed by ""A Stroll in the Air"" (1963). In the other plays of the ""Berenger Cycle"", Berenger appears as a depressed and insecure everyman who is prone to sentimentality. In ""Exit the King"", he is the solipsistic and belligerent King Berenger the First who was apparently at one point able to command nature and force others to obey his will. According to his first wife"
"Fallout and Follow Me Fallout and Follow Me is an Australian play written and directed by Richard Forthingham and first performed by the Popular Theatre Troupe in 1977. It was primarily toured through mining towns in Queensland, Australia during its initial run. Its original cast included Greg King, Nicola Scott, Janet Mahoney, John Lane and Errol O'Niell. The play is presented in the style of Brecht and presents a message against nuclear energy and mining. It presents companies such as Rio Tinto, Westinghouse and General Electric as characters as they go through several key moments in the history of uranium"
"The Bear Dances The Bear Dances: A Play in Three Acts is a political drama about the Soviet Union set in 1930, written by British playwright F. L. Lucas in 1931, and first staged in 1932. It was his first play; he went on to write five more. Moscow, Spring 1930. Two OGPU officers search the room of Father Anton Kirillitch, who has been banned from his church and ordered to stop preaching. He shares the room with Grigori Orlov, ejected from his Chair at the University for a ""reactionary"" refusal to give a Marxist slant to his literature lectures."
"by Faber and Faber. The play was revived at the Hampstead Theatre in December 2017, in a new production directed by Edward Hall and starring Geoffrey Streatfeild as George Blake. The play concerns George Blake, who has been convicted for spying for the Russians and sentenced to forty-two years imprisonment, and a fellow prisoner, Sean Bourke. Bourke helps Blake escape to Moscow, after which Blake does not want to let Bourke leave Moscow to return to his native Ireland. In 1995, Stephen Fry famously walked out of the play near the start of its West End run, after his performance"
"The Bear (opera) The Bear is the second of the two operas by William Walton, described in publication as an ""Extravaganza in One Act"". The libretto was written by Paul Dehn and Walton, based on the play of the same title by Anton Chekhov (which is also sometimes translated into English as ""The Boor""). Walton received a commission from the Koussevitzsky Foundation in 1958, and he dedicated the opera ""to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky"". He began composing in 1965 when the Aldeburgh Festival in England requested an opera from him. ""The Bear"" was first performed at the"
"Goin' a Buffalo Goin' a Buffalo is a 1968 play by Ed Bullins, in which a group of black people in early 1960s Los Angeles try to escape the cycle of crime that dominates their lives and start over in Buffalo, New York. The play premiered at The American Place Theatre in New York City in 1968 as a rehearsed reading. In keeping with Bullins' style of Black-Oriented Realism, it is not intended to have clear resolution or message; rather, it is an attempt by the author to depict ""black life, truthfully."" It was not originally a part of Bullins's"
"Escape (play) Escape is a 1926 British play in nine episodes written by John Galsworthy. After a run in the London West End it transferred to Broadway where it was produced and staged by Winthrop Ames. It ran for 173 performances from 26 October 1927 to March 1928 at the Booth Theatre. It was included in Burns Mantle's ""The Best Plays of 1927–1928"". Former World War I British Army Captain Matt Denant protects a poor prostitute from an over-persistent plain-clothes police detective. In a scuffle Denant hits the dick who as a result falls, striking his head, and dies. Denant"
"a 1967 movie version of the Peter Weiss play (the full title is “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade”), described as “one of the most daring and unusual emotional experiences ever to be put on the stage” - meaning a very weird play. In the original play opened October 24, 1966 at Theatre Co. of Boston, Kimbrough played Marat. The movie version has Ian Richardson as Marat. Henry IV, Part One (1966) – The Milwaukee Repertory Theater's rendition of Shakespeare's 1597"
"No Exit No Exit (, ) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The original title is the French equivalent of the legal term ""in camera"", referring to a private discussion behind closed doors. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting in a mysterious room. It is a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternity. It is the source of Sartre's especially famous and often misunderstood quotation ""L'enfer, c'est"
"not have done the same to her. Goin' a Buffalo Goin' a Buffalo is a 1968 play by Ed Bullins, in which a group of black people in early 1960s Los Angeles try to escape the cycle of crime that dominates their lives and start over in Buffalo, New York. The play premiered at The American Place Theatre in New York City in 1968 as a rehearsed reading. In keeping with Bullins' style of Black-Oriented Realism, it is not intended to have clear resolution or message; rather, it is an attempt by the author to depict ""black life, truthfully."" It"
"the dancing bears as a consequence, and thus enraging the audience, who demand to stop the show. Later the people panic, when released bears leave the scene. In the chaos, Draco escapes as well, taking money he earned on the performance, to McGrath's anger. Sebastian leads the bears out of theatre and uses the tramway to transport them all out from the city. During this, they nearly run over Draco's truck, damaging it heavily and making to run out of control. Draco, Muggsy and Maestro drive into the lake, where they are caught by enraged McGrath. Meanwhile, the tramway full"
"Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, and Eleanor Parker starred. Outward Bound (play) Outward Bound is a 1923 play written by Sutton Vane. A group of seven passengers meet in the lounge of an ocean liner at sea and realise that they have no idea why they are there, or where they are bound. Each of them eventually discovers that they are dead, and that they have to face judgment from an Examiner, who will determine whether they are to go to Heaven or Hell. Producers stayed away from such an unusual combination of fantasy and drama, so Vane staged it himself,"
"Theatre Award for Best Comedy Performance. A television version with Constance Chapman replacing Reid was shown in 1986. The play centres on an elderly Bristolian mother and son living in a crumbling Victorian manor house. The title comes from a sign in the Polar Bear enclosure in Bristol Zoological gardens and referred to a polar bear called Misha. It was revived by the Peter Hall Company in 2008, beginning a run at the Theatre Royal, Bath, before embarking on a national tour. Stephanie Cole starred as Maud, and the cast also included Simon Shepherd, Allan Corduner, and Miranda Foster. Born"
"before. ""Every Man Out of His Humour"" includes several references to Shakespeare and his contemporaneous works: a mention of Justice Silence from ""Henry IV, Part 2""—""this is a kinsman to Justice Silence"" (V,ii) and two allusions to ""Julius Caesar"", which help to date that play to 1599. ""Et tu, Brute"" occurs in V,iv of ""Every Man Out;"" in III,i appears ""reason long since is fled to animals,"" a paraphrase of Shakespeare's line ""O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts"" in ""Julius Caesar,"" III,ii,104. Paul's walk Every Man out of His Humour Every Man out of His Humour is a"
"A Beast With Two Backs A Beast With Two Backs is a television play by Dennis Potter, first broadcast on BBC1 on 20 November 1968 as part of ""The Wednesday Play"" strand. The play is a fictional account of an event that happened in the Forest of Dean in the 1890s when four Frenchmen came over the border from Gloucester with dancing bears, who were subsequently killed by miners coming off the late shift in retaliation for an unrelated attack on a young local girl. In the 1890s, Joe – a travelling Italian showman – and his dancing bear Gina"
"Androcles and the Lion (play) Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles to be one of the many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed early Christianity, including the cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values. Androcles, a fugitive Christian tailor, accompanied by his nagging wife, is on the"
"a masque. Mucedorus disguises himself, swears Amselmo to secrecy, and departs. The second additional scene introduces the clown of the play, Mouse. He enters having fled from feeding his master's horse, frightened by a bear, or ""some devil in a bear's doublet"" (1.2.3). In his attempt to escape it, he advances backwards, only to trip over the bear and flee in terror. The original version of the play began with Segasto, who is bethrothed to Amadine, running in terror, swiftly followed by Amadine herself, from a bear that chases them across the stage. Segasto abandons Amadine, but she is rescued"
"Exit Stage Left Exit Stage Left is a play conceived by Paul O'Farrell and Ben Smithard from Ecclesfield School, which played the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in summer 2012 chiefly using 2011 Ecclesfield School drama students. Greg was once a famous director earning his money in the film industry, until tragedy struck – his wife, Olivia, died. He then left the limelight for an indefinite time. Libby Fowler was a famous soap-star and household name. When her career declined she turned to other forms of media, for which she was mocked. Greg announced a new play, Exit Stage Left, to star"
"Marat/Sade The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (), usually shortened to Marat/Sade (), is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss. The work was first published in German. Incorporating dramatic elements characteristic of both Artaud and Brecht, it is a depiction of class struggle and human suffering that asks whether true revolution comes from changing society or changing oneself. Set in the historical Charenton Asylum, ""Marat/Sade"" is almost entirely a ""play within a play"". The main story takes place on 13 July"
"No Exit (opera) No Exit is a one-act chamber opera by Andy Vores based on the 1944 existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The opera was commissioned by Boston's Guerilla Opera and had its world premiere, on April 24, 2008, at the Boston Conservatory's Zack Box Theatre. The opera was written for Boston's Guerilla Opera and had its world premiere, directed by Sally Stunkel, on April 24, 2008, at the Boston Conservatory's Zack Box Theatre. The opera had its second production by Chicago Opera Vanguard October 16–18, 2009 in the Hoover-Leppen Theater at the Center on Halsted. ""No Exit"" received its"
"to go out to get the police to eject Irwin. Isobel then prepares to go out and Irwin shoots her just as she leaves. Back at Robert's house, Marion, Tom and Katherine reinstate its furniture and prepare for Isobel's funeral. Katherine leaves and Tom and Marion discuss her emotional difficulties. They then kiss and Tom leaves, before Marion ends the play with an emotional appeal to her dead sister. The Secret Rapture (play) The Secret Rapture is a 1988 British play by David Hare. Its premiere in the Lyttelton auditorium of the Royal National Theatre was directed by Howard Davies."
"in 1961 she became Atelje’s manager, shifting its focus to the avant-garde plays. Trailović herself directed over 20 plays, including some authors whose works were never before played in Serbia and Yugoslavia, like Jean-Paul Sartre (""No Exit"") in 1957, Eugène Ionesco (""The Chairs"") in 1957, Albert Camus (""The Misunderstanding"") in 1960 and Edward Albee (""Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"") in 1964. Other plays include ""Don Juan in Hell"" (by George Bernard Shaw; 1956), ""Medal"" (adapted folk tales; 1957), ""L'Histoire du soldat"" (Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz; 1959), ""Tchin-Tchin"" (François Billetdoux; 1960), ""The Fantasticks"" (Tom Jones; 1962), ""The Cocktail Party"" (T.S. Elliot); 1965), ""Marat/Sade"""
"The Secret Rapture (play) The Secret Rapture is a 1988 British play by David Hare. Its premiere in the Lyttelton auditorium of the Royal National Theatre was directed by Howard Davies. British revivals of the play have included one at the Salisbury Playhouse in 2001 and at the Lyric Theatre, London in 2003. Hare later adapted it as 1993 film of the same title, also directed by Davies. It is set in 1980s Britain and examines the impact of Thatcherism on personal relationships within the family of a junior government minister after her father's death. Hare states that its title"
"plays: ""The Pretty Trap"" (1944) for ""The Glass Menagerie"", ""Interior: Panic"" (1946) for ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", ""Kingdom of Earth"" (1967) for ""The Seven Descents of Myrtle"", ""I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark on Sundays"" (1973) for ""Vieux Carré"", and ""Some Problems for the Moose Lodge"" (1980) for ""A House Not Meant to Stand"". The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays is a collection of 15 plays, seven of them previously unpublished, by American playwright Tennessee Williams. Published by New Directions in New York City in 2011, Williams' scholar Thomas Keith edited"
"adaptations. John Fawcett, manager of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, applied on September 17, 1814 for a license to present a two-act adaptation by William Barrymore, originally titled Murder Will Out with the alternate and more commonly used title The Dog of Montargis, or, The Forest of Bondy. The first performance was September 30. Other adaptations followed, including an 1816 three-act version attributed to Sir Henry Bishop, and a two-act version by Thomas Dibdin. Versions were performed at many playhouses in London and in the United States throughout the nineteenth century. A German translation by Ignaz Franz Castelli, with music"
"New Play Award. The play is set in London, at various dates and locations from 1598 onward. In the ""Rules of the Universe"" that precede the script, it is noted that the oppression of the bears in the play is because the humans have wrongly presumed their own superiority, though the bears are not actually inferior. The bears should have little visible differences from the humans. The rules also note that William Shakespeare is the least important person in the play. ""Gotama"" tells the story of Buddha's early life. The protagonist, Siddhatta Gotama, is a wealthy prince until he meets"